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<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml,v 1.17 2001/09/02 23:27:49 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml,v 1.18 2001/11/19 05:37:53 tgl Exp $
-->
<chapter id="tutorial-start">
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml,v 1.17 2001/09/02 23:27:49 peter
server can be on different hosts. In that case they communicate
over a TCP/IP network connection. You should keep this in mind,
because the files that can be accessed on a client machine might
- not be accessible (or might only be accessed using a different
- file name) on the database server machine.
+ not be accessible (or might only be accessible using a different
+ file path) on the database server machine.
</para>
<para>
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ createdb: database creation failed
You can also create databases with other names.
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> allows you to create any
number of databases at a given site. Database names must have an
- alphabetic first character and are limited to 32 characters in
+ alphabetic first character and are limited to 31 characters in
length. A convenient choice is to create a database with the same
name as your current user name. Many tools assume that database
name as the default, so it can save you some typing. To create
@@ -372,9 +372,9 @@ mydb=#
<para>
The <command>psql</command> program has a number of internal
- commands that are not SQL commands. They begin the backslash
+ commands that are not SQL commands. They begin with the backslash
character, <quote><literal>\</literal></quote>. Some of these
- commands were already listed in the welcome message. For example,
+ commands were listed in the welcome message. For example,
you can get help on the syntax of various
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> <acronym>SQL</acronym>
commands by typing:
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ mydb=#
installed correctly you can also type <literal>man psql</literal>
at the operating system shell prompt to see the documentation. In
this tutorial we will not use these features explicitly, but you
- can use them yourself when you see it fit.
+ can use them yourself when you see fit.
</para>
</sect1>